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AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Maryland woman who defrauded USAID-funded charity must pay $160,000 on top of earlier restitution Wed Aug 12 18:14:43 2026

A 59-year-old Maryland woman who avoided prison after pleading guilty to defrauding a federally funded nonprofit has now agreed to pay $160,000 in a separate civil settlement with the Justice Department, a case that illustrates the oversight failures DOGE and the Trump administration flagged across USAID. Carleena Graham, a former vice president of human resources […] The post Maryland woman who defrauded USAID-funded charity must pay $160,000 on top of earlier restitution appeared first on American Almanac .

A 59-year-old Maryland woman who avoided prison after pleading guilty to defrauding a federally funded nonprofit has now agreed to pay $160,000 in a separate civil settlement with the Justice Department, a case that illustrates the oversight failures DOGE and the Trump administration flagged across USAID. Carleena Graham, a former vice president of human resources at the nonprofit World Learning, entered the civil settlement last month to resolve DOJ allegations that she submitted fraudulent claims for payment to the U.S. government. The $160,000 comes on top of the $425,000 in restitution Graham already owed from her criminal case, in which she pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Just the News reported that the settlement closes…Open

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Dem State Can’t Audit $1.3 Billion in Childcare Funds Due to Missing Records. Mon Apr 6 17:17:47 2026

Government auditors in Democrat-dominated Washington State say that more than $1.3 billion in spending through the state's childcare subsidy system cannot be verified. The post Dem State Can’t Audit $1.3 Billion in Childcare Funds Due to Missing Records. appeared first on The National Pulse .

PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Washington State auditors revealed that over $1.3 billion in childcare subsidies from 2021 to 2024 are unauditable due to missing records and poor tracking systems. WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Washington State Auditor’s Office, the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), and state officials. WHEN & WHERE: The audit covered spending from 2021 through 2024 in Washington State. KEY QUOTE: “Determining fraud requires criminal evidence and can only be done by enforcement agencies in conjunction with the judicial system.” — Washington State Auditor’s Office IMPACT: Washington taxpayers are left with unanswered questions about the allocation of over $1.3 billion, with concerns about fraud and…Open

THEFEDERALIST (Hans Mahncke) - The Truth About Malaysian Flight 370 Is Scarier Than The Conspiracy Theories Fri Jan 30 12:36:15 2026

Accepting that one man deliberately killed 238 other people with the flick of a button is far more disturbing than imagining elaborate conspiracies.